Moonwalking with Einstein
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004QFAEJC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 543 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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I don't remember my awesome title. Matt I must admit that I really stumbled into finding this book while searching similar books to ones pertaining to performance, attaining perfect performance, flow psychology, etc., and I am very happy to have found it. The title itself is unique, and it's not until the end of the book do you see the significance of what it really means. I'll start with a short summary and then a small critique to follow up:Summary:. Guerino Mazzola said I would have loved to see a relevant discussion. The book is quite well written, although full of irrelevant details and not very informative about the more detailed methodological procedure. Also, the big problem: why so much information for so little content? Entire palaces and big animals for just some few Bits? That would be a problem to deal with. And: What is the help of memory if you want to think? As a mathematician, for me abstraction is core and not . Garrett Franks said Why not.. I can say that the book was overall beneficial. It started out extremely interesting to me. A lot of examples of how the human brain works to accomplish different task. It did slow up for me towards the end but not finishing was never an option. I think Mr fore shows what can be accomplished by hard work and all can be inspired by that. Foer references SO much material in this book it insane. He really engulfed
Under the tutelage of top "mental athletes", he learns ancient techniques once employed by Cicero to memorize his speeches and by Medieval scholars to memorize entire books. Even more important, Foer found a vital truth we too often forget: In every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories. Moonwalking with Einstein brings Joshua Foer to the apex of the U.S. Immersing himself obsessively in a quirky subculture of competitive memorizers, Foer learns to apply techniques that call on imagination as much as determinatio